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Re: Does the VoiceOver (iOS) rotor only allow form element navigation on webpages?

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From: Jonathan Cohn
Date: Mar 30, 2019 4:01PM

I thought I had remembered that there was a way to configure what rotor options an App needed, but now I don't know.

Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohn



> On Mar 30, 2019, at 11:13 AM, Maxability A11Y < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Interesting, I never realized. The rotor options on native apps are very limited. Perhaps only headings.
>
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> Regards - Rakesh,
> M: 9948243336, E: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On 30-Mar-2019, at 8:35 PM, Birkir R. Gunnarsson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>>
>> VoiceOver options in native apps is much more limited than on web
>> content, so I think you got it there.
>>
>>
>>> On 3/30/19, glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>>> I have buttons enabled in my VoiceOver rotor settings (iOS). When viewing
>>> a webpage, I can change the rotor to "buttons" and then swipe up/down to
>>> navigate by buttons. But if I'm in a native iOS app, such as the calendar
>>> app, "buttons" does not appear on the rotor selection. The first several
>>> elements in the calendar app are buttons so it seems like I should be able
>>> to navigate to them via the rotor.
>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>
>>
>>
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